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The Ethics of Ornament in Early Modern Naples

Fashioning the Certosa di San Martino

By: J.Nicholas Napoli

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The Ethics of Ornament in Early Modern Naples

Fashioning the Certosa di San Martino

By: J.Nicholas Napoli

The Carthusian monks at San Martino began a series of decorative campaigns in the 1580s that continued until 1757, transforming the church of their monastery, the Certosa di San Martino, into a jewel of marble revetment, painting, and sculpture. The aesthetics of the church generate a jarring moral conflict: few religious orders honored the ideals of poverty and simplicity so ardently yet decorated so sumptuously. In this study, Nick Napoli explores the terms of this conflict and of how it sought resolution amidst the social and economic realities and the political and religious culture of early modern Naples. Napoli mines the documentary record of the decorative campaigns at San Martino, revealing the rich testimony it provides relating to both the monks? and the artists? expectations of how practice and payment should transpire. From these documents, the author delivers insight into the ethical and economic foundations of artistic practice in early modern Naples. The first English-language study of a key monument in Naples and the first to situate the complex within the cultural history of the city, The Ethics of Ornament in Early Modern Naples sheds new light on the Neapolitan baroque, industries of art in the age before capitalism, and the relation of art, architecture, and ornament.

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Routledge

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1351544780

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Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire

By: Nicholas Zair

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Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire

By: Nicholas Zair

This book makes use of digital corpora to give in-depth details of the history and development of the spelling of Latin. It focusses on sub-elite texts in the Roman empire, and reveals that sophisticated education in this area was not restricted to those at the top of society. Nicholas Zair studies the history of particular orthographic features and traces their usage in a range of texts which give insight into everyday writers of Latin: including scribes and soldiers at Vindolanda, slaves at Pompeii, members of the Praetorian Guard, and writers of curse tablets. In doing so, he problematises the use of 'old-fashioned' spelling in dating inscriptions, provides important new information on sound-change in Latin, and shows how much can be gained from a detailed sociolinguistic analysis of ancient texts.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009327682

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9781009327688

European Drawings 4

Catalogue of the Collections

By: Nicholas Turner

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European Drawings 4

Catalogue of the Collections

By: Nicholas Turner

The collection of drawings at the Getty Museum was started in 1981 with the purchase of Rembrandt’s Nude Woman with a Snake and has steadily expanded since then, so that now, at the turn of the new millennium, it stands at more than six hundred drawings and is, sheet for sheet, one of the best anywhere. The Getty goal is to create from the finest examples a collection of the different Western European schools of drawing before 1900, with special emphasis on the work of the most important and accomplished draftsmen. The collection now contains superb examples of the work of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Dürer, Rembrandt, Claude Lorraine, Watteau, Gainsborough, David, Millet, Manet, Van Gogh, and Degas. This is the fourth in the series of catalogues describing the drawings in the Getty Museum. Most of the drawings discussed in the present volume were chosen for the collection in the period of 1994 to 1998 and include examples from the Italian, German, Dutch and Flemish, French, Spanish, and British schools. Also included are several gifts from private collectors, which mark the start of a tradition that, it is hoped, will continue in the future. The catalogue entries for these new acquisitions are organized first by national school and then by artist. The book also includes a bibliography and indexes of artists, former owners, related drawings, prints, and works in other media.

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Getty Publications

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0892365846

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Worth the Detour

A History of the Guidebook

By: Nicholas T Parsons

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Worth the Detour

A History of the Guidebook

By: Nicholas T Parsons

The guidebook has a long and distinguished history, going back to Biblical times and encompassing major cultural and social changes that have witnessed the transformation of travel. This book presents a journey through centuries of travel writing.

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The History Press

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0752496042

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From Childhood to Chivalry

The Education of the English Kings and Aristocracy 1066-1530

By: Nicholas Orme

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From Childhood to Chivalry

The Education of the English Kings and Aristocracy 1066-1530

By: Nicholas Orme

Originally published in 1984, this is a study of the kings and the aristocracy who ruled England between the Conquest and the Reformation. Not, as usual, about their adult lives, but how they became the people they were through childhood and education. The first such study of its kind, it follows noble boys and girls from birth through the care of their nurses, masters and mistresses, until they left home for further training in noble households, monasteries and universities. The author examines the theories and treatises on noble education, again for the first time. The rest of the book broadens into a wide cultural survey as Dr Orme describes the skills and ideas which noble children learnt. He explains how they mastered speech and literacy; worship and behaviour; dancing, music and applied art; athletics and training for war. This part of the study is a handbook of noble pursuits in medieval times. In his final chapter the author considers the nature of noble education in the middles ages, and examines how and whether it changed at the Renaissance. Nicholas Orme has written a comprehensive study, spanning 450 years of English history and making a major contribution to social and cultural history, as well as the history of education. His book will be invaluable to historians and medievalists of all disciplines, and essential reading from those who study the Renaissance.

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1351397508

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Twenty Two Games of Fame

A Chronicle of the 2017 Cleveland Indians Win Streak

By: Nicholas Brigeman

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Twenty Two Games of Fame

A Chronicle of the 2017 Cleveland Indians Win Streak

By: Nicholas Brigeman

On August 24, 2017, the Cleveland Indians win, 13–6, over the Boston Red Sox to split a four-game series after dropping the previous night's game by a score of 6–1. The Tribe is now back in the win column, and no player or fan could guess what is to come. From August 24 through September 14, 2017, the Cleveland Indians put together a stretch of wins that propelled them to the best record in the American League and set the record for the longest continuous win streak in Major League Baseball history. The Indians played and swept six consecutive series to win twenty-two straight games, the longest winning streak without a loss or tie ever recorded. Cleveland's pitching and hitting were so dominant they outscored their opponents by a total of 105 runs and had a collective team ERA below 2.0. This book includes an in-depth chronicle of every game of the historic win streak and exciting quotes from Tom Hamilton and others that put you right in the middle of this improbable run by the Tribe. Relive the most dominant win streak in the modern Major League era!

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Page Publishing Inc

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1644620111

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Empathic Teaching: Promoting Social Justice in the Contemporary Classroom

By: Nicholas D. Young,Elizabeth Jean,Teresa A. Citro

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Empathic Teaching: Promoting Social Justice in the Contemporary Classroom

By: Nicholas D. Young,Elizabeth Jean,Teresa A. Citro

Empathic Teaching: Promoting Social Justice in the Contemporary Classroom is written for those who are committed to employing social justice practices in the classroom. The intent is to educate the next generation to value tolerance and to have respect and empathy for others in society. While this tome will largely focus on understanding the role that equity should play in P-12 education, it will do so with an acute awareness that there are myriad factors that influence student engagement and the motivation to learn. Although some of the subjects under consideration have been written about elsewhere broadly, this tome will offer a unique contribution by examining each from a social equity perspective. As schools move to ensure a more inclusive and well-rounded student body, this book will be a substantial asset to anyone interested in advancing a social justice agenda.

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Vernon Press

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162273615X

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A Practitioner's Guide to the Ec-Turkey Association Agreement

By: Nicholas Rogers

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A Practitioner's Guide to the Ec-Turkey Association Agreement

By: Nicholas Rogers

It is over 35 years since the Association Agreement between Turkey and the EC was signed, and only slow progress has been made towards the accession of Turkey to the Community. However, the benefits of the Agreement in terms of the rights bestowed on Turkish workers in the Community cannot be negated. The Agreement and its subsidiary legislation now provide the most established rights of third country nationals in Community law. This volume provides an essential reference to the provisions of the Agreement and subsequent Council of Association decisions as they affect migrant workers from Turkey. It also contains an up-to-date analysis of the ECJ rulings in the field. It includes: - the relevant texts of the Agreement and the Council of Association decisions; - the texts of all the ECJ judgments in the field; detailed analysis of the provisions and ECJ judgments. This comprehensive guide to the EC-Turkey Association Agreement is useful to both practitioners and academics.

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Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

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9041112812

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9789041112811

The Black Swan: Second Edition

The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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The Black Swan: Second Edition

The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don’t know, now with a new section called “On Robustness and Fragility.” A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives. Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of black swans until after they occur? Part of the answer, according to Taleb, is that humans are hardwired to learn specifics when they should be focused on generalities. We concentrate on things we already know and time and time again fail to take into consideration what we don’t know. We are, therefore, unable to truly estimate opportunities, too vulnerable to the impulse to simplify, narrate, and categorize, and not open enough to rewarding those who can imagine the “impossible.” For years, Taleb has studied how we fool ourselves into thinking we know more than we actually do. We restrict our thinking to the irrelevant and inconsequential, while large events continue to surprise us and shape our world. In this revelatory book, Taleb will change the way you look at the world, and this second edition features a new philosophical and empirical essay, “On Robustness and Fragility,” which offers tools to navigate and exploit a Black Swan world. Taleb is a vastly entertaining writer, with wit, irreverence, and unusual stories to tell. He has a polymathic command of subjects ranging from cognitive science to business to probability theory. Elegant, startling, and universal in its applications, The Black Swan is a landmark book—itself a black swan.

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081297381X

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Sport Psychology

Performance Enhancement, Performance Inhibition, Individuals, and Teams

By: Nicholas T. Gallucci

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Sport Psychology

Performance Enhancement, Performance Inhibition, Individuals, and Teams

By: Nicholas T. Gallucci

Sport Psychology, 2nd Edition provides a synthesis of the major topics in sport psychology with an applied focus and an emphasis on achieving optimal performance. After exploring the history of sport psychology, human motivation, and the role of exercise, there are three main sections to the text: Performance Enhancement, Performance Inhibition, and Individuals and Teams. The first of these sections covers topics such as anxiety, routines, mental imagery, self-talk, enhancing concentration, relaxation, goals, and self-confidence. The section on Performance Inhibition includes chapters on choking under pressure, self-handicapping, procrastination, perfectionism, helplessness, substance abuse, and disruptive personality factors. While much of the information presented is universally applicable, individual differences based on gender, ethnicity, age, and motivation are emphasized in the concluding section on Individuals and Teams. Throughout, there are case studies of well-known athletes from a variety of sports to illustrate topics that are being explored.

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Psychology Press

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1134641710

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Coping with Social Anxiety

The Definitive Guide to Effective Treatment Options

By: Eric Hollander,Nicholas Bakalar

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Coping with Social Anxiety

The Definitive Guide to Effective Treatment Options

By: Eric Hollander,Nicholas Bakalar

An essential guide for the 5.3 million American sufferers of social anxiety from a leading psychiatrist and researcher An estimated 5.3 million Americans experience social anxiety disorder, making it the third most common psychiatric illness in the United States. Unlike people with simple shyness, people with social anxiety disorder become sick with fear in social situations, experiencing physical symptoms like sweating, trembling, a shaky voice, or a pounding heart. They realize their fears are irrational, but they are virtually incapable of maintaining healthy relationships and performing everyday tasks in public settings without medical treatment. In Coping with Social Anxiety, Eric Hollander, director of the Compulsive, Impulsive, and Anxiety Disorders Program at the Mt. Sinai Medical Center explains - the nature of social anxiety disorder and how it differs from simple shyness and phobia - the latest research on the physiological effects of social anxiety disorder and its links with depression - the full range of treatment options-and how to select the best therapeutic course with the help of a medical professional Illustrated by accounts of successful treatment from Hollander's clinical practice, this book will help readers make informed judgments about the proper treatment to seek for themselves or someone close to them.

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Holt Paperbacks

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1429997036

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Chromographia

American Literature and the Modernization of Color

By: Nicholas Gaskill

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Chromographia

American Literature and the Modernization of Color

By: Nicholas Gaskill

The first major literary and cultural history of color in America, 1880–1930 Chromographia tells the story of how color became modern and how literature, by engaging with modern color, became modernist. From the vivid pictures in children’s books to the bold hues of abstract painting, from psychological theories of perception to the synthetic dyes that brightened commercial goods, color concerned both the material stuff of modernity and its theoretical and artistic formulations. Chromographia spans these diverse practices to reveal the widespread effects on U.S. literature and culture of the chromatic revolution that unfolded at the turn of the twentieth century. In analyzing color experience through the lens of U.S. writers (including Charlotte Perkins Gilman, L. Frank Baum, Stephen Crane, Charles Chesnutt, Gertrude Stein, Nella Larsen, and William Carlos Williams), Chromographia argues that modern aesthetic techniques are inseparable from the theories and technologies that drove modern color. Nicholas Gaskill shows how literature registered the social worlds within which chromatic technologies emerged, and also experimented with the ideas about perception, language, and the sensory environment that accompanied their proliferation. Chromographia is the only study of modern color in U.S. literature. It presents a new reading of perception in literature and a theory of experience that uses color to move beyond the usual divisions of modern thought.

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452957630

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Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions - 4th ANZ Edition - E-Book

By: Peter Harris,Nicholas Vardaxis,Louise Purtell

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Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions - 4th ANZ Edition - E-Book

By: Peter Harris,Nicholas Vardaxis,Louise Purtell

Trusted resource for students and educators in Australia and New Zealand Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions Australian and New Zealand edition is an established and acclaimed reference guide suitable for all students and clinicians wanting current, accurate definitions of medical terms. The fourth edition has been updated to reflect the latest changes in healthcare terminology, and retains the comprehensiveness, clarity and currency that readers expect from the Mosby Dictionary. It provides full coverage of nearly 40,000 terms as well as images, tables, graphs and an anatomy and physiology atlas for deeper insight into complex concepts. This resource is an ideal support for students throughout their studies in medicine, nursing and the broader health professions, and will remain a definitive reference for all clinicians who understand the importance of accurate terminology for better patient care. • Nearly 40,000 clear, precise entries –updated to take in recent healthcare developments to support study and research use • Over 2,000 high quality images and a detailed colour anatomy atlas to enhance comprehension • More than 30 medical and health specialties represented – suitable for all healthcare students, educators and clinicians • Local spelling conventions and phonetic pronunciation guides throughout – suitable for readers in Australia and New Zealand • Etymologies revised to ensure currency • Comprehensive entries for numerous drugs and medications • Useful appendices, including normal laboratory values for adults and children, units of measurement, nutrition guidelines, assessment guides, immunisation schedules, infection control and herb-drug interactions • An eBook included with print purchase

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0729598705

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Against the Profit Motive

The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780-1940

By: Nicholas R. Parrillo

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Against the Profit Motive

The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780-1940

By: Nicholas R. Parrillo

DIVIn America today, a public official’s lawful income consists of a salary. But until a century ago, the law frequently authorized officials to make money on a profit-seeking basis. Prosecutors won a fee for each defendant convicted. Tax collectors received a cut of each evasion uncovered. Naval officers took a reward for each ship sunk. The list goes on. This book is the first to document American government’s “for-profit” past, to discover how profit-seeking defined officials’ relationship to the citizenry, and to explain how lawmakers—by banishing the profit motive in favor of the salary—transformed that relationship forever./div

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Yale University Press

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0300176589

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Oscan in the Greek Alphabet

By: Nicholas Zair

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Oscan in the Greek Alphabet

By: Nicholas Zair

By examining Greek-alphabet Oscan inscriptions, this book shines light on the linguistics, bilingualism and epigraphy of ancient Southern Italy.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107068924

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German Popular Cinema and the Rialto Krimi Phenomenon

Dark Eyes of London

By: Nicholas G. Schlegel

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German Popular Cinema and the Rialto Krimi Phenomenon

Dark Eyes of London

By: Nicholas G. Schlegel

German Popular Cinema and the Rialto Krimi Phenomenon: Dark Eyes of London examines the Kriminalfilme—or Krimis—based on the novels of English author Edgar Wallace, released by Rialto Film between 1959 and 1972 as part of the post-World War II era of German popular cinema that enjoyed extraordinary popularity with the German public. Nicholas G. Schlegel analyzes how this group of West German thrillers not only nurtured a convalescing film industry, but also provided unequaled national entertainment while canonizing Rialto’s Krimi productions in terms of their historical genesis, aesthetic characteristics, and social reception. Schlegel surveys the Krimi’s enduring legacy, calculable global influence, inevitable decline, and eventual migration to television in the 1970s, where it thrived but ultimately took on a more somber tone. Scholars of film, television, history, and German culture will find this book particularly useful.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498570739

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9781498570732

Ms. 45

By: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

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Ms. 45

By: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Despite its association with the broadly disparaged rape-revenge category, Abel Ferrara's Ms. 45 is today considered one of the most significant feminist cult films of the 1980s. Straddling mainstream, arthouse, and exploitation film contexts, Ms. 45 is a potent case study for cult film analysis. At its heart lies two figures: Ferrara himself, and the movie's star, the iconic Zoe Lund, who would further collaborate with Ferrara on later projects such as Bad Lieutenant. This book explores the entwining histories and contexts that led to Ms. 45's creation and helped establish its enduring legacy, particularly in terms of feminist cult film fandom, and the film's status as one of the most important, influential, and powerful rape-revenge films ever made.

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Columbia University Press

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0231851057

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What Comes Next?

Shaping the Future in an Ever-Changing World - A Guide for Christian Leaders

By: Nicholas Skytland,Alicia Llewellyn

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What Comes Next?

Shaping the Future in an Ever-Changing World - A Guide for Christian Leaders

By: Nicholas Skytland,Alicia Llewellyn

What if, instead of keeping up with change, you could get ahead of it? Our mission as Christians was the same yesterday as it is today and will be tomorrow. The world, however, is changing faster than ever before, and keeping up feels impossible. The realities of human life—from how we develop relationships to how we use technology to have impact —therefore change rapidly too. It’s critical that Christian leaders take this into consideration as they plan for their organizations’ future. In What Comes Next?, strategists and innovation experts Nick Skytland and Ali Llewellyn use the eight elements of their Futures Framework to teach us how to help shape the future, be visionary, and grow our businesses and ministries. This futures-thinking process is a proven solution for executives, entrepreneurs, pastors, and anyone in between who struggles to respond to an ever-changing world.

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Moody Publishers

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0802498582

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The Solfeggio Tradition

A Forgotten Art of Melody in the Long Eighteenth Century

By: Nicholas Baragwanath

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The Solfeggio Tradition

A Forgotten Art of Melody in the Long Eighteenth Century

By: Nicholas Baragwanath

In this first-ever book on the solfeggio tradition, one of the pillars of eighteenth-century music education, author Nicholas Baragwanath illuminates how performers and composers developed their exceptional skills in improvising and inventing melodies.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0197514081

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Home on the Stage

Domestic Spaces in Modern Drama

By: Nicholas Grene

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Home on the Stage

Domestic Spaces in Modern Drama

By: Nicholas Grene

Nicholas Grene explores the subject of domestic spaces in modern drama through close readings of nine major plays.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107078091

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Genoa, 'La Superba'

The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower

By: Nicholas Walton

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Genoa, 'La Superba'

The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower

By: Nicholas Walton

Genoa has an incredible story to tell. It rose from an obscurity imposed by its harsh geography to become a merchant-pirate superpower that helped create the medieval world. It fought bitter battles with its great rival Venice and imprisoned Marco Polo, as the feuding city-states connected Europe to the glories of the East. It introduced the Black Death to Europe, led the fight against the Barbary Corsairs, bankrolled Imperial Spain, and gave the world Christopher Columbus and a host of fearless explorers. Genoa and Liguria provided the brains and the heroism behind the Risorgimento, and was the last place emigrants saw before building new lives across the Atlantic. It played host to writers and Grand Tourists, gave football to the Italians, and helped build modern Italy. Today, along with the glorious Riviera coast of Liguria, Genoa provides some of the finest places on earth to sip wine, eat pesto and enjoy spectacular views. This book brings the past to life and paints a portrait of a modern port city and region that is only now coming to terms with a past that is as bloody, fascinating and influential as any in Europe.

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Oxford University Press

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184904614X

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First Instruments

Teaching Music Through Harmony Signing

By: Nicholas Bannan

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First Instruments

Teaching Music Through Harmony Signing

By: Nicholas Bannan

Written for music educators from K - 5 onwards, First Instruments is a practical guide to teaching musical ideas through the first instruments we develop in early childhood, laying the foundation for how the collective creativity the book presents can sustain a lifelong commitment to music-making: voice and hand gestures. Founded on the belief that all children are musical, the book gives music teachers the necessary tools to develop students' confident understanding of pitch relationships through improvisation and composition. Author Nicholas Bannan, a veteran pedagogue and children's choir director, accomplishes this in a classroom-tested system that combines Kod ly hand signs with extended use of physical motions that together result in deeply embodied musical knowledge. By participating in the book's many group exercises, students develop this knowledge that ultimately paves the way for acquisition and functional working knowledge of harmony that tends to elude most theory students. As Bannan shows, all effective music teaching needs to involve singing as the portal to a secure and transferable response to pitch. First Instruments encourages educators to draw on games, tasks, and activities in relation to their own curriculum planning. Marrying the development of fluent singing abilities with harmonic understandings, this approach supports musical creativity that is not dominated by the conventional features of a particular genre or style, but instead liberates the musical imagination and enables the exploration of musical styles from throughout history and all over the world.

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019093204X

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9780190932046

Basement Membranes: Cell and Molecular Biology

By: Nicholas Kefalides,Jacques Borel

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Basement Membranes: Cell and Molecular Biology

By: Nicholas Kefalides,Jacques Borel

Basement Membranes: Cell and Molecular Biology brings together the most important research developments of the past 45 years that have enriched our knowledge and contributed to a better understanding of the biochemistry and cell and molecular biology of basement membranes. It describes the studies that shed light on the ultrastructural organization, the biosynthesis of the macromolecular components, their functions in embryonic development and differentiation, and in the mature state. A major portion of the book is devoted to the description of the genes that regulate the expression of the various structural macromolecules. Reviews the early years of research and the discovery of type IV collagen Presents the diversity of basement membrane morphology Discusses gene structure

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Gulf Professional Publishing

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0121533565

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9780121533564

Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions - Australian & New Zealand Edition - eBook

By: Peter Harris,Sue Nagy,Nicholas Vardaxis

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Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions - Australian & New Zealand Edition - eBook

By: Peter Harris,Sue Nagy,Nicholas Vardaxis

Perfect for: - Students of Nursing, Medicine and Health Professions. - Clinicians in Nursing, Medicine and Health Professions. - Educators in Nursing, Medicine and Health Professions. Benefits: - The only Australian medical dictionary. - Receive free access to the dictionary's online resources. - Over 30 medical and health specialties covered. - Over 39,000 entries, plus enyclopedic entries of significant terms. - Over 50 new drug entries. - High quality images and tables. Widely used by students, educators and professionals, Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 3rd Edition is the definitive reference text for Australian and New Zealand regions. Harris, Nagy and Vardaxis' Mosby's Dictionary, 3rd Edition delivers more than 1,100 new and revised definitions, more than 50 new drug entries, and a total of 74 new and updated tables for key reference information to complement definitions. As the only Australian medical dictionary, you also benefit from context-specific information written in local spelling conventions alongside phonetic pronunciation guides throughout Harris, Nagy and Vardaxis' reference book. Enhance your knowledge base with an array of free online content, which supplements Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 3rd Edition. Make the most of the online regionalised spellchecker, five comprehensive appendices and an extensive image collection that can be viewed offline, including a printable colour atlas of human anatomy. - over 39,000 clear, precise entries, plus encyclopaedic entries of significant terms - over 2000 high quality images and the apt use of tables to demonstrate and clarify more than 30 medical and health specialties represented - a detailed colour atlas of anatomy, enhancing the comprehension of anatomical terms - local spelling conventions and phonetic pronunciation guides throughout - fully revised etymologies - comprehensive entries for numerous drugs - valuable appendices, including normal laboratory values for adults and children, units of measurement, nutrition guidelines, assessment guides, immunisation schedules, infection control and herb-drug interactions - Evolve Resources Online Features: - free access to all online resources - regionalised spellchecker - printable colour atlas of human anatomy - image collection offers all images for online viewing - 5 comprehensive appendices

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Oxford Handbook of Neonatology

By: Grenville Fox,Timothy Watts,Nicholas Hoque

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Oxford Handbook of Neonatology

By: Grenville Fox,Timothy Watts,Nicholas Hoque

Now in its second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Neonatology is the essential user-friendly guide for all healthcare professionals involved in the care of newborns. Accessible, practical, and updated with the latest evidence, this is a key resource designed for use at the cot-side. Using guidance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and including the most up to date NICE guidelines, the second edition of this handbook uses extensive diagrams and an easy-to-use format to cover good communication practice, neonatal emergencies and technical procedures. Fully updated and revised with expanded sections covering therapeutic hypothermia and developmental care amongst other advances in the field, the Oxford Handbook of Neonatology is a valuable and up-to-date guide to a rapidly evolving field. Taking a valuable family-centred approach to neonatal care, this is the essential resource for all healthcare professionals working with newborns, from the undergraduate medical student to the doctor on the ward.

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Collective Security

Theory, Law and Practice

By: Nicholas Tsagourias,Nigel D. White

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Collective Security

Theory, Law and Practice

By: Nicholas Tsagourias,Nigel D. White

This analysis of collective security covers its institutional, operational and legal parameters along with the United Nations system, presenting it as a global public order institution for maintaining peace. The authors study its constitutional premises as they are shaped by the forces of law and politics. After an historical account of initiatives and projects for global peace, the authors explain the morphology of collective security as a global public order institution and outline its triggers, institutions, actors, components and tools. They go on to analyse its legal properties and the processes of political, legal and criminal accountability. The analysis and assessment are informed throughout by practice drawn from examples including Korea, Iraq and Libya, and by a wealth of cases from national and international jurisdictions.

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UN Mediators in Syria

The Challenges and Responsibilities of Conflict Resolution

By: Fadi Nicholas Nassar

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UN Mediators in Syria

The Challenges and Responsibilities of Conflict Resolution

By: Fadi Nicholas Nassar

Since 2011, the conflict in Syria has been one of the most catastrophic conflicts of our time and a dark stain on the peacemaking abilities of the United Nations (UN). At the heart of this book is a simple but critical question – what do UN mediators tasked with the responsibility to make peace actually do? By explaining this, the book offers a detailed record of what Kofi Annan, Lakhdar Brahimi, and Staffan de Mistura did in their roles as UN mediators in Syria and presents a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics that shaped their decision-making. Beyond the cases of these three mediators, Fadi Nicholas Nassar introduces a method by which to forensically identify a mediator's fingerprints on the peacemaking process and charts a map to examine their decision-making processes. In doing so, it paves the way to evaluate the performance of these mediators – to hold them accountable for their successes and failures.

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Further Studies in the History of Construction: the Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the Construction History Society

The Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the Construction History Society

By: James Campbell,Nicholas Bill,Yiting Pan,Nina Baker,Michael Driver,Michael Heaton,Michael Tutton,Christine Wall,David Yeomans

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Further Studies in the History of Construction: the Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the Construction History Society

The Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the Construction History Society

By: James Campbell,Nicholas Bill,Yiting Pan,Nina Baker,Michael Driver,Michael Heaton,Michael Tutton,Christine Wall,David Yeomans

This book is the third in the series of volumes which provide the papers of the conferences held at Queens' College, Cambridge by the Construction History Society. Papers cover different aspects of the history of construction, including studies of different building materials, building firms, the development and education of building professionals, the construction of buildings and infrastructure, methods and techniques of construction, and other subjects related to the history and development of buildings.

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AANA Advanced Arthroscopy: The Knee

Expert Consult: Online, Print and DVD

By: Robert E. Hunter,Nicholas A. Sgaglione

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AANA Advanced Arthroscopy: The Knee

Expert Consult: Online, Print and DVD

By: Robert E. Hunter,Nicholas A. Sgaglione

AANA Advanced Arthroscopy: The Knee, by Robert E. Hunter, MD and Nicholas A. Sgaglione, MD, helps you make the most effective use of advanced and emerging, state-of-the-art arthroscopic techniques for managing a wide range of knee problems. Premier arthroscopic surgeons discuss disease-specific options, managing and avoiding complications, and rehabilitation protocols.in print and online. 14 videos demonstrate tibial plateau fracture management system, anteromedial tibial tubercle transfer, osteochondral allograft for a femoral condyle defect, anatomic single bundle ACL reconstruction, anatomic reconstruction of the posterolateral corner, and more. Access the fully searchable text, along with a video library of procedures and links to PubMed online at expertconsult.com. Stay current through coverage of hot topics like Chondrocyte Transplantation Techniques, Proximal Tibial Osteotomy, Anatomic Single Bundle ACL Reconstruction, Single Bundle PCL Reconstruction, Inlay PCL Reconstruction, and Anatomic Reconstruction of the Posterolateral Corner. Hone your skills thanks to 14 videos of techniques-on Tibial Plateau Fracture Management System, Anteromedial Tibial Tubercle Transfer, Osteochondral Allograft for a Femoral Condyle Defect, Anatomic Single Bundle ACL Reconstruction, Anatomic Reconstruction of the Posterolateral Corner, and more-performed by experts. See arthroscopic surgical details in full color and understand nuances through interpretative drawings of technical details. Optimize surgical results and outcomes with an emphasis on advanced and emerging arthroscopic techniques, surgical tips, and pearls.

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Evaluation Complexity of Algorithms for Nonconvex Optimization

Theory, Computation, and Perspectives

By: Coralia Cartis,Nicholas I. M. Gould,Philippe L. Toint

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Evaluation Complexity of Algorithms for Nonconvex Optimization

Theory, Computation, and Perspectives

By: Coralia Cartis,Nicholas I. M. Gould,Philippe L. Toint

A popular way to assess the “effort” needed to solve a problem is to count how many evaluations of the problem functions (and their derivatives) are required. In many cases, this is often the dominating computational cost. Given an optimization problem satisfying reasonable assumptions—and given access to problem-function values and derivatives of various degrees—how many evaluations might be required to approximately solve the problem? Evaluation Complexity of Algorithms for Nonconvex Optimization: Theory, Computation, and Perspectives addresses this question for nonconvex optimization problems, those that may have local minimizers and appear most often in practice. This is the first book on complexity to cover topics such as composite and constrained optimization, derivative-free optimization, subproblem solution, and optimal (lower and sharpness) bounds for nonconvex problems. It is also the first to address the disadvantages of traditional optimality measures and propose useful surrogates leading to algorithms that compute approximate high-order critical points, and to compare traditional and new methods, highlighting the advantages of the latter from a complexity point of view. This is the go-to book for those interested in solving nonconvex optimization problems. It is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in courses on advanced numerical analysis, data science, numerical optimization, and approximation theory.

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Under the Sky We Make

How to Be Human in a Warming World

By: Kimberly Nicholas PhD

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Under the Sky We Make

How to Be Human in a Warming World

By: Kimberly Nicholas PhD

** Los Angeles Times bestseller ** It's warming. It's us. We're sure. It's bad. But we can fix it. After speaking to the international public for close to fifteen years about sustainability, climate scientist Dr. Nicholas realized that concerned people were getting the wrong message about the climate crisis. Yes, companies and governments are hugely responsible for the mess we're in. But individuals CAN effect real, significant, and lasting change to solve this problem. Nicholas explores finding purpose in a warming world, combining her scientific expertise and her lived, personal experience in a way that seems fresh and deeply urgent: Agonizing over the climate costs of visiting loved ones overseas, how to find low-carbon love on Tinder, and even exploring her complicated family legacy involving supermarket turkeys. In her astonishing, bestselling book Under the Sky We Make, Nicholas does for climate science what Michael Pollan did more than a decade ago for the food on our plate: offering a hopeful, clear-eyed, and somehow also hilarious guide to effecting real change, starting in our own lives. Saving ourselves from climate apocalypse will require radical shifts within each of us, to effect real change in our society and culture. But it can be done. It requires, Dr. Nicholas argues, belief in our own agency and value, alongside a deep understanding that no one will ever hand us power--we're going to have to seize it for ourselves.

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Radical

A Portrait of Saul Alinsky

By: Nicholas Von Hoffman

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Radical

A Portrait of Saul Alinsky

By: Nicholas Von Hoffman

The tactics and strategy of Alinsky, who died in 1972, have been studied by people as diverse as Barack Obama, Csar Chavez, Hilary Clinton, Dick Armey, the Tea Partiers and activists and organizers of every persuasion. Thousands of organizations a...

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The Power of Film Propaganda

Myth or Reality

By: Nicholas Reeves

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The Power of Film Propaganda

Myth or Reality

By: Nicholas Reeves

Explores five case studies in Britain, the USSR, Germany and Italy to determine whether or not propaganda films reached the audiences at which they were targeted, and where they did, whether the films made the impact on those audiences that the propagandists had expected.

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Clinical Examination Vol 1 E-Book

A systematic guide to physical diagnosis

By: Nicholas J. Talley,Simon O'Connor

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Clinical Examination Vol 1 E-Book

A systematic guide to physical diagnosis

By: Nicholas J. Talley,Simon O'Connor

Clinical Examination Vol 1 E-Book

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Structure and Function of the Circulation

Volume 3

By: Colin J. Schwartz,Nicholas T. Werthessen,Stewart Wolf

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Structure and Function of the Circulation

Volume 3

By: Colin J. Schwartz,Nicholas T. Werthessen,Stewart Wolf

This is the third volume of the comprehensive series on Struc ture and Function of the Circulation, edited by Dr. Colin J. Schwartz with the collaboration of Nicholas T. Werthessen and Stewart Wolf. Dr. Schwartz, an authority on vascular structure and function and a respected investigator in this field for many years, selected as authors for the chapters an outstanding group of scientists from various parts of the world. As indicated in the Preface, the impetus for this broad treat ise evolved from the scientific sessions of three interdisciplinary international conferences held in Lindau in 1970, in Heidelberg in 1973, and Totts Gap, Pennsylvania, in 1976 as well as from numerous informal discussions. The subjects dealt with in these three volumes range from the roots of our knowledge in ancient history to the most recent inform ation on contractile proteins of smooth muscle cells. The structure, distribution, and dynamics of arteries, veins, and lymphatics are described in chapters on the systemic circulation as well as that of the heart, the vessels themselves, the brain, nerves, and viscera. Descriptions of ultrastructure, histochemistry, metabolism, and func tion of endothelium and of vascular smooth muscle and of vascular changes in aging are all included in the vast scope of this under taking.

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